Precisely eight months on from the release day of their debut album Please Please Me, The Beatles released the follow-up in the United Kingdom. Read more »
UK LP release: With The Beatles
22 November 1963 (48 years ago)
EMI presents The Beatles with silver discs
18 November 1963 (48 years ago)
The Beatles had a day off from their 1963 Autumn Tour on this day but, rather than spend it relaxing, they attended a ceremony held at EMI House in London, where they were given a number of silver presentation discs to mark their extraordinary record sales. Read more »
Mixing: Money (That's What I Want)
30 October 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
The final day of studio work for With The Beatles involved the creation of a stereo mix of Money (That's What I Want). Read more »
Mixing: With The Beatles LP
29 October 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
In 1963 stereo was secondary in importance to mono, which is why George Martin was able to hurriedly mix every track from With The Beatles for stereo in a three-hour session. Read more »
Recording, editing, mixing: Little Child, Hold Me Tight, Money, I Wanna Be Your Man, All I've Got To Do, Don't Bother Me, Not A Second Time
30 September 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Two (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
The Beatles were on holiday abroad when George Martin led a session to continue work on seven With The Beatles songs. Read more »
Recording: Messages to Australia, Hold Me Tight, Don't Bother Me, Little Child, I Wanna Be Your Man
12 September 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
As with the previous day, two recording sessions at Abbey Road took place, with work on the With The Beatles LP and some messages to the group's Australian fans. The sessions took place from 2.30-6.30pm, and 7-11.30pm. Read more »
Recording: I Wanna Be Your Man, Little Child, All I've Got To Do, Not A Second Time, Don't Bother Me
11 September 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
The Beatles began work on five songs for their second UK album With The Beatles, including George Harrison's first solo composition Don't Bother Me. Read more »
Live: Gaumont Cinema, Bournemouth
22 August 1963 (48 years ago)
This was the fourth of The Beatles' six consecutive dates in the English seaside town of Bournemouth. They played two houses on each night. Also on the bill were Tommy Quickly and Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas. Read more »
Editing, mixing: With The Beatles
21 August 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Three (control room), EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
The Beatles' previous session for their second album had taken place on 30 July 1963. Three weeks later George Martin began overseeing the editing and mixing of songs completed so far. Read more »
Recording: Money, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, It Won't Be Long, All My Loving
30 July 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
This was The Beatles' second EMI session of the day; the first had ended so the group could record an interview and radio session for the BBC. The evening session began at 5pm and finished at 11pm, an hour later than scheduled. Read more »
Recording: Please Mister Postman, It Won't Be Long
30 July 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
Two sessions took place on this second day's work on With The Beatles, with The Beatles recording six songs at Abbey Road's studio two. Read more »
Recording: You Really Got A Hold On Me, Money, Devil In Her Heart, Till There Was You
18 July 1963 (48 years ago)
Studio Two, EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Norman Smith
The Beatles began work on their second UK album With The Beatles on this day, recording four songs in just under four hours. Read more »
